Here is something fascinating I wanted to share. The following are the current standings for the National League Wild Card race. The Mets are currently in eighth place and 6 1/2 games back. The top five teams all made deals to improve themselves leading up to todays trade deadline. 1. San Francisco 56-46 WC 2. Colorado 55-47 1 GB 3. St. Louis 56-49 1.5 GB 4. Florida 53-49 3.0 GB 5. Atlanta...
Read MoreAccording to foxsports.com, the Florida Marlins have acquired 1B Nick Johnson from the Washington Nationals in exchange for AA prospect Aaron Thompson. Johnson is hitting .295 with 6HR and 44RBI for the Nationals. Johnson turns 31 this September, and will become a Free Agent after this season. The Nationals reportedly will pay $1.8 million remaining on Johnson’s contract. I’m a big...
Read MoreINT AAA: Buffalo 3/9, Pawtucket 4/5 2b Argenis Reyes 0 for 4, .255 cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, run, .312 lf Nick Evans 1 for 4, K, .157 rf Chip Ambres 2 for 4, run, 2b, K, .244 1b Mike Lamb 3 for 4, RBI, .245 c Rene Rivera 0 for 4, .247 dh Javier Castillo 1 for 3, .262 3b Andy Green 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, .207 ss Wilson Valdez 0 for 3, .219 Tobi Stoner 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3/2 BB/K, HR, 4.39 era, L...
Read MoreWe’re less than two hours aways from the end of the trade deadline and not a peep from Omar and the Mets, worse yet not even a tweet. Bob Nightengale of USA Today has tweeted: The Red Sox are about to acquire Victor Martinez from Indians This has been confirmed by MLB Network. I’m surprised that Victor Martinez isn’t a Met. He seems to fit the mold of everything the Mets could...
Read MoreAfter the Mets started the second half of the season by losing 3 of 4 to Atlanta, and then 2 of 3 to Washington, I felt that the season was pretty much over. If the fat lady wasn’t singing, she sure was humming pretty loud. Then the Mets went down to Houston, to play the Astros. An Astros team that had been playing pretty good baseball. A team that was at the .500 mark when the Mets came...
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